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THE WEEKLY TRIBUNhiTHE TRIBUNE'S CIRCULATION IS THE LARGEST INCAPE GIRARDEAU.THE TRIBUNE COVERSSOUTHEAST MISSOURILIKE THE DEW. i iA NEWSPAPER THAT PRINTS ALL THE NEWS THAT'S FIT TO PRINT AND PRINTS IT FIRSTVOL. XVTHE CAPE COUNTY HERALD, CAPE GIRARDEAU MISSOURI, NOVEMBER 17. 1916.NUMBER 45.MR.STUBBLEFIELDVinyard, Boss!PONTIAC FAMILYPRESIDES AT A 9f Derate, Is THINK DAUGHTERCHAMPAIGN MEALJaw Sags as Corks Pop atBanquet to County Clerksat St. Charles.GRIN COVERS FACE OFGEORGE E. HACKMANNBanker's Chagrin Erased asCrape Juice Bottle is HauledOut of Cowbebs.William H. Stubblefield Jr.,bankpresident, finance chairman of the oneurn Forsythe evangelist tabernacleand leader of the dry-wing of the CapeCounty Democratic party, last nightj i resided as toast master at a campaigndinner at the St. Charles Hotel.The dinner or rather banquet wasgiven by E. F. Loveh, general salesnud of the Worrell Mfg. Co., of St.Louis, in honor of the Missouri CountyClerics who are holding a three-dayconvention in the Cape.Mr. Stubblefield's eyes twinkled as,over in one corner of the large dining. . Iroom,corks began popping and therewas the delicate tinkle of glasses asthe process of "filling up" started inhis direction.The waiter approached with thequart bottle of champaign, immaculately enveloped within a towel sothat just the gurgling mouth was exposed, stopping at each guests's elbowto let the clear fluid sparkle and foaminto the high-stemmed glasses.The banker's jaw sagged and histyes were austere when the towel-cladbottle neaied his place. Nearby GeorgeE. Hackmann, State Auditor-elect andsecretary of the County Clerks' Association, allowed a smile to begin be-ileum nis diuck inuMn.c.ioples clear out to his ears, as thefmni Vin tie-ni lis of the iWlllt ULOUIl UjJ iiui" i"1- ichampaign glass in front of him.Mr. Stubblelield filled up with grapejuice and went ahead with his job astuastmaster.Nearly two score guests attendedthe affair, when Mr. Hackmann delivered one of the principal talks. Hedeclared that the clerks' associationand annual conventions make for efficiency und said he is convinced thathe obtained much benefit from his connection with the county clerks' organization. He likewise toasted the hospitalityof the Cape in his address. Otherswho nia'do short talks were.1. W. Harrington, president, ofFlatte County; Charles B. Johnson,DeKalb County, first vice president;Forrest Smith. Ray County, secondvice president; John L. Likins, GreeneCounty, third vice president; D. B.Kunkel, Holt County, assistant secretly, and John A. Miller, Andrew County, treasurer.The clerks will finish their convention this afternoon with the election ofofficers and selection of the next meeting place, as well as the adoption ofresolutions. St. Louis has been urgedas the next meeting place.TO BOWL IN ST. LOUIS NOV. 22Cape Team Will Make tl.e Trip toCompete Against Chicago Men.V. F. Oberheide, treasurer of theCape Howling League, yesterday afternoon received a schedule of the MidWest Bowling tournament that willbe held in St. Louis which shows thatthe team from the Cape has beenscheduled to roll next Wednesdayevening.Oberheide and a team of five or sixmen will make the trip to St. Louisto enter the tournament. At the sametime that the Cape aggregation isscheduled to bowl, three Chicago teamswill be on the alleys and a coupleteams from other places.It has not been definitely determined who will make the trip from theCape, but the personnel of the teamwill be made known in a few days, assoon as Oberheide can find out fromthe men whether 6r not they can go.Several thousands of dollar will beawarded in prizes at the'eiose of thetournament. The date for the Cape'sbowling falls upon Oberheide's birth-day.Now A rather"It's" a Girl, But PoliticalLeader Says She'll beNamed "Wood-row,'' Anyway Much Handshakingand Cigar Passing.Den Vinyard, Democratic "boss" ofCape County, who, since the election.I has had more friends than ever before,I is ti:iti:i now... l L .It's a girl a fine healthy eightpound baby who arrived at r:."0 o'clockyesterday morning. And Ken, whoseI avocation is fire insurance and real estate with politics as a side-line, yesterday was able to spend but a fewmoments at his office receiving congratulations.The remainder of the dav he tookup in telephoning to Parma, the homeof .Mrs. Vinyard's parents, and inhanding out cigars."I think one of the names will havebe Woodrow, anyway," RentoclaredVinyard, since the election, has beenj the center wherever he goes, of ahandshaking crowd. Virtually all themen who call upon him, now do so' in order to give themselves a high recnmtnendation for a State or Federalirjmll ns the Demo-,iviif iMii ' -CJ.atic boss wlo aictato the termsof patronage in this corner of theState.HF.LF.N SCHWAB RITES TODAYGirl Dies After Short IUnessAttack of Diphtheria.ithThe funeral of Helen Schwab, sevenyears old, who died Wednesday nightat the home of her grandmother, Mrs.A. Graden, at 9 South Benton street,will be held this morning when shortservices will be held at the Gradenhome and the body will be taken toUmbeck Church, five miles west of thejcape on u.e , , .... iL. ...1 1 1 vau1 frv cninrices.Burial will be in the cemetery nearthe Umbeck Church. The funeral procession will leave the Graden home inthe Cape at 10 o'clock this morning.The Schwab girl was a daughter ofEngineer Fred J. Schwab of the C. G.N., who resides at 418 Morgan Oakstreet. The little girl- had been ill buta short time and it was not until ashort time before her death that it waslearned that she was suffering withdiphtheria.When she was young, her motherdied and she and a sister were takento raise by her grandmother. Whenher father married a second time, bothKirls remained at their grandmother'shome. She contracted a severe cold afew days ago, which developed a sorethroat, and when a physician was summoned, it was found that diphtheriawas in an advanced stage.SOLEMN REQUIEM MASSFOR FATHER M URTAl'GHFather Von Tarenhout of Sie. Geneiee Will Deliver Eulogy at St.Vincent's Today.A solemn requiem maswill be celebrated at St. Vincent's Catholic churchat 8 o'clock this morning for the repose of the soul of the Rev. FatherMurtaugh, who died in St. Louis lastweek after an extended illness. Alarge attendance of Father Murtaugh'sfriends will be present.The sermon, which will be a tribute ito the late clergyman, will be delivered bv Rev. Father Von Tourenhout, otSte. "Genevieve, an intimate friend ofFather Murtaugh.Father Murtaugh, who was treasurer of St. Vincent's College, was alsoone of the best known clergymen in theCatholic Church in this section of theState.WIFE-BEATER FIXEDJudge Wilier Finds Robert Sander ofDutchtown Guilty.Robert Sander, who is employed byAlvin Feuerhahn in his sawmill atDutchtown, yesterday was fined $1 andcosts by Judge W. H. Wilier when hewas found guilty on a charge of wif$beating. Sander's wife lives at Blomeyer. Shedeclared, in getting the warrant forher husband, that he had beaten andabused her about ten days ago.WAS ASSAULTEDExplain WhyThey Declinedto Investigate Her Sudden Disappearance.DENY CHARGE THATSHE ENDED HER LIFEAutopsy ShowsChristineDiemer'sNeck Was Broken Relatives Held.Pontine, 111., Nov. 1(5. Eagerness ofJacob C. Diemer. wealthy retired farrier, his wife, Mrs. Gertrude Marie Die-i t. t ii j.nier, and their uaugiuer, .waguaiene, mJ disprove that Christine, anotherdaugh-ter. hail killed herself. resulted in allthree being held for the Grand Jury'Tuesdav on the charge of killing her.j Tho Diemers, strict churci,ook upon suicide as an unpar,ch goers,upon suicide as an unparuonamui 1 1sin. When Christine's body was takenfrom the Vermillion River, Nov. S. suicide would have been the verdict ifthe parents and sister had not demanded an autopsy.The autopsy proved to them to theirgreat relief that Christine had notbeen guiltv of self-destruction.Thevdo not consider the charire of manslaughter too great a price for clear-ing Christine's name of the stigmaof suicide, and will not permit the sup-position of self-destruction to he urged Iin their defense.Thev were arrested on warrantssworn out by Coroner Myers, in accordance with the inquest verdict, andgave bonds of $10,000 each, and in theevening in their home, they told correspondents that, in their belief, mor- ji i : i.i i.i ru..... avr.f.u.. l o.u. x ,tin n her denth !tine io net ueaui. (It was a suit she had worn when. ;for a time last summer, she was a pa-tient at a Feo-ia sanitarium. To humor I.entata.l...a,anu mm. u. .her. .t was .sent to cleaners and onOct. 21 her sister Magda.ene brought :. , . .,'it home. Christine receive,! it with !aversion. That night Mrs. D.emer and ,7 Iipv lister Mae'd.iiene I.roueht :her sister Magdalene brought ;Magdalene went to a picture show.Christine sat in the kitchen and read ;1 Ithe papers with her father. She spoke jof going to Morula lor the winter,After a win e she arose, her lather, .savs, and went ciuiet v iro.m the room,3 ' i , . . .without saving good-night as she.i iiusual iv did. Her father supposed, he j. , , . I..,-, ih-,i ho h:M n-o-.'.e to be. . Mrs. sDiemer and Magdalene came home,and the family retired without lookinginto Christine's room.Next morning Magdalene went tocall her sister and there was no an-swer. She called her father. Chris-tine was not there. The bed had notbeen made up, but the could notfrom that whether it had been occupied any part of the preceding night,because it wah Christine's practuenot to make up her bed until just before retiring. On the floor was ahouse dress and a nightgown.The blue dress and a hat to whichChristine also had an aversion had disappeared. The parents and sister concluded, they say, that she had takena tram for Florida, to lorestaii neifather's plan of having Magdalene accompany her, as she resented the implication that she needed care.Her father wanted to make in-quiries, but Magdalene reminded himthat Christine already felt herself disgraced by her stay at the sanitariumand would never forgive them if theycaused a commotion over her departure, and it was agreed to wait for theletter they thought would soon come.Christine had gone away twice beforewithout disclosing her plans, and, asshe had spent last winter in Florida,t.bev did not doubt, thev say. that she'would find her way there.But, while they waited for a letter,Mr. and Mrs. Frank Haines, rowingacross the Vermillion, which flowssluggishly a block from the Diemerhome, found the young woman's bodyfloating in mid-stream and towed it toshore.Diemer, hearing that awoman sbody had bei found,' at first dismissedthe thought that it might be hisdaugh-J 3ect.ter, because she was to him still a This is the third time each has beenmarried. Both have a number cbjl( Continued on page 4.) 'dren by former marriagesjCVjL .Ttw.7k..,.-M. 1 V. V. F 1Niagara Falls in all ils beauty illuumialed at ni'lit. The picture was t::k.-n from ;.:ii ibrink of the American falls. The picture is -iiisji,-red si n-iiuirkiihle photomphh' to liicvi iio-nJhind the position of the camera is a bank of :; :ire lights, and to the rinhtthe falls, there are two banks of lights.NABS NEGRO DEACONAS P. 0. PILFERER!j ji Inspector Cain Catches Janitor!j at Poplar Bluff TinkeringWith Mails.After he had been systematicallypilfering registered mail as well asspecial delivery package and envelopes for the last three months, Ar-thur Haskins, deacon and pillar in thecolored Methodist Church as well asjanitor at the nost-oflice at I'onlar- .. .iuit, was arresten yesteruav bv fost-j. .o!fit'e Inspector Ben F. Cain.Inspector Cain arranged a trap forjing .submarine activity off the Amer- ithe janitor which the latter promptlyinspector was onP" ... ", J. .Cain arrived in the Cape last nightthe Hoxie accom vi llis",..: ,i,;, . . .morning before L . S. ( ommissionerarp '. pits operation. As .janitor of the post-4 . 'ollice he had access to the rooms where.... ,the registered and special mad pouch-, . ... ' ., n , ,i n -es were kept while at the Poplar Rluff. ' ' .P"?-0'1"; He operated on the out-i K. 'whnp . hc &nd ;.emovin what.ver of tlle content was valuable,j q. k and restorinff them to! ' . t, ,I seveiui witks iui iuc iuwr.i iu -ti-j4r.-d to the inside of the nost-ofhee.an.l last Saturday Inspector Cain wentto Foplar Kluff.Hit-, work was ended yesterday when ,he got the goods on Haskins and madethe arrest. Haskins declared tnat nehad been at his work rifling the mailsfor the last six weeks, but losses haveoccurred for the last three months.LAWYER IN MOURNINGOVER WILSON VICTORYMemphis, Tenn., Nov. 16. CharlesH. King, a prominent Memphis attorney and Republican, is paying an election bet by sitting in an office decorated with crepe and other paraphernaliasuggestion of a house of death. Kingbet a friend Hughes would be elected.The stake was permission by the loserto let his office be decorated in anyway the winner might chose. . Kinglost. His friend decorated his office inmourning.i BRIDEGROOM, 78, SAYS."LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT'Independence, Mo., Nov. 16. "Itwas love at first sight with us and sowe got married."J. W. Smith, 78-year old bridegroom,smiled at his 76-year old bride, whowas Mrs.. Saline Hermann, and diamissed 11 other argument oo fte 8ub-NIAGARA FALLS ILLUMINATED ATv- w. or . ic .-v x o-orr.oi BRITISH VIOLATEU. S. NEUTRALITYI'se American Telegraph Wiresto Notify Canada of U-Boats'Presence.Speciai dispatch to The Tribune.Washington, Nov. lb. TheDepartment investigatingStatecom -plaints that British officials in the ITT:.l C't.,4. .. 4!.. ll J.Ljinifu oiair a.r using nit invgriijinand telephone lines between the United, , ,stales anu lanaua. violating tne neuItralitv of the United Statesn,, ,, ... , . - - .j The British agents in this country,. in on,,r t0 .secure information regard-"'an coast, telegraph or telephone to!"""'-''-;the oflicials of Canada, who in turn ! turkeys weighed about and 12 poundsI wh,n dress.,..! . .shins it sp-,M 11 JtThe State Depar, lllis information frshins at sea.trtment has receiver!1 . 1 - . C : i -from its own nrivatenu,A ; h r;!ii's iniormation irom us own p. .van-,; sources, and the guilty parties will be;severely dealt with, if their names canbe ascertained. I1 r.,l, Vm- 1: Oftu inl u-:ir hnlloitins trom I'.erlm. Fetrograd and I.u-, , iU . . n u .(barest show that on I-alkenhayn, . . T,offensive against Northwestern Ruma -. . , , , ., -r.ia continues favorable for the leu -., , , , ,.ions lh," Austro-Germans havej mor than u0 0 , .isoners today,together with some large guns and aquantitv of ammunition.w... u: v if.n.minr. eon-.w.. ....tinue to reach the Xavr Departmentii... ...,K,iit.:nw iva lmini, in therotors off Chesaneake Canes. It isL.iai uuniiu in " i . iv-i.ik.. Mi. i - i fi will i. it aim vi..' . ..... . -t. j ui.cfl, Knf on!.. , 4 i- i i...v-on a still hunt for either Allied mer-lfh:intmen and warships. None of the;j -llhmarSnt.s laVe made their appear-lance officially known to the Navy De-partment, which is not required of ;them American warships are plying j, . tn t for thp urnoseupliin. ..v..... . .of enforcing neutrality, lhe tnt'f'States Government will not take anyofficial notice of submarine activity solong as it takes place outside of the ! erfd for several months, iin.l last night j Wilson was given a rousing welcomethree-mile line. . !was to b,, ;n ;1 dangerous condi-jon his return home tonight. It w isWashington, Nov. 16. Senator W''" jtjon the greatest demonstration of its ki idliam J. Stone of Missouri, chairman of Hp ppjnj, at the home, of his ! that has len witnesseri in modernthe Senate Foreign Relations Commit- j sister jvs Theodore P.auerle. of Good years.tee. expresses belief that the United j "Hopc street. ! r or 10 minutes the great p.irai?States and German Governments will . About three months ago. Daumann J marched, two dozen bands played, c. ireach a satisfactory agreement regard-1 .pnt tQ Hot j;pl.jnKS. Ark., to be treat- ored flags 'waved and many thousandsing recent activities of German i ej for ms ailment. About two weeks j of people cheered the re-elected Pre: iboats. Lo-o he returned home after having re- j dent. The streets from the capita? to"It appears to be the same old controversy." said the Senator yesterday,'and I believe it can be settled withsatisfaction to both sides. The American people are not seeking war. Theyare not afraid to fight anybody. Butif I read the sentiment among the people aright, they are desirous of dealing kindly with the much-harrassednations now engaged in war. They believe in using the pen first to settlematters at issue between this countryand any of the belligerents."Senator Stone has discussed the Uboat situation with Secretary Lansing. Berlin, N'ov. 16, by wireless to Say-ville-Theretirement of Gejaaaa-Bul-gariantroops ia Macedonia to newpositions prepared f6r them in theCerne region is announced today byNIGHT-. V -amHid. :.n.l shows ii.,-Al"ir .. t'e-t he-of the ii.-ti;rr, .linnly at the font ofCAPE HUNTERS BAG3 WILD TURKEYS I 'jj Chris Freeman and Lloyd Thomp-Son (Jet Birds Within 'IMiles of City.Three wild turkeys, probably thet first to b- bagged by Cape huntsmen!ths fall, last night were brought intotown bv Chi is M. Freeman and LlordTlI f'""both well-known in local, . ,; tu-n i.f" 'It.i ,ibest woodsmen.1 Freeman got two of the birds undIhompson the third. Jnompson s wasa goubler. however, that, when dress -jeo. wa almost as large as botu ofif . t. T A .I.-..,,, .v,vlr .ur - .i.M-r;nrr .1.i Freeman early this morning depart-e on aleturn tii). to the locationi where he hot the to birds, to .-pen !. . 1 t .J ),the dayn an endeavor to getmemore of the same kind of game,l-l,birds were routed out near the RockLevee road about three miles below thetape.. ri .i I reeman and 1 homp.-on were hunt.. . . i , ;i, mg m a tield that was matted with, . , . . -n ,;gra. - s that came knee high. lhe1 , . i-tV ,tcap-'were able to move with much ditucul-j tv bllt the turkeys. Free.nan said, wereable to duck under the matted gra..i and get oat of range.i t 11 i,..Alter nilllllllg MM mm i"U mmis lie j ii ran into a ar;;(. nocj; 0f n j, turkeys,i . .- .u... . noi, nn nir t-Mi Lt-ii ... i.ie uvrti.ii ?L- u.... .i, ti.,- momhe.-s ofFreeman said hetllf ilW-W. t I".-..is sure that hissecond trio will get! '; will HAFMANN HAS RELAPSEWilliam Ruumann. well-known cigar..... , .... ,.o.,n-maKer oi iiitai.;;, inrmn n....ph to the Cane from Hot Springs. Ark.,vpstprtiav sufrtred a relapse with liver, . ... troubte xyhch he has suff-covered his strength and it was be -lieved that he was getting permanent.lv well, when the relapse occurred.-the War Office.Russian troops in strong force attacked the Austro-German lines eastof the Putna Valley on the westernMoldavian border, the War Office alsoannounced. The attacks were fruit-JePs.The Rumanians also attacked in theOitu Pa.-.s region, but here also failedof success. The Rumanians are oner-ing stubborn resistance to the AustroGerman advance along the pase roadia Waliathia. The invading forces,however, made progress in the Itothen.thurm (Bed Tr Pass) and the Szurduk region, ' and yesterday capturedmore than 1200 prisoner.WILL CAMPAIGNTO RAISE $1000LIBRARY FUNDS,-VMeyer, Harrison, Kochtitzky,Dr. Bohnsack and Mrs.Friant on New Hoard.TO MEET DECEMBER 1TO ARRANGE DETAILSWill Keep Reading Room (loin)Till C ity Gets CarnegieInstitution.With the election ,f livenew iiif-ni-hers to the Hoard of Dim-tors, tho Li-j brary Association Ia.4 night aniioun:-o;its determination to staia .-.uhscrip'jtioo campaign in or,U-r to obtain SIIK'Oj with which to finance for another y:.rthe library at the coiner of Themis an. Ij Spanish street.-.j The extenion of the 'library lifej for another year on the .Ji'oi) to hej rai--ed will be a part of a program forI '''I'i'Uaiiung t!e pu-s. nt 8irarv ui.tllj a Car negie lil,ra-y may be realized 1(-tlx- Cape.The new Board of Directors hold:r itiiti; ! meeting on Dee. 1. whenthe wiii take charire and make th rj ji'ans !": rai.-iiig the money, fun'ij with which to .-upport the inst ittiti'.Mior a ea; Tiie library r:ow is outi.eni i virtue ii tne (act ttiM tmCommercial Club at its !at meeti;r.gave -ST. wiiich wiped out all debt'agaiii-t the !itte in.-titi:tion.1 l'w ,lf"xv board members elected an :(,eo!-ge j.. .Meyer. C. I.. Harrison, otto'Kochtitzky. Dr. Anita Rohn.-ack at !Mrs. Julien Friant. Those v. ho u t i.-e'from the board are: M:.-. W. H. Harrison, Fred Xaeter, Mary Koclttitzky.jKmil Dru.-ch and Rev. Wells,j The member.- of the bourn, who holdover lor another year are: Mrs. .bl nj Packman, Mrs. K. J. Deal and Sa ui Sh"rman. Tho.-e w ho wei levied la t; night will .-erve for two years.; She budget of the library deman.ls; an expenditure of $o."V a month to j !..-, current expen.-es and in addition pc.I t 1 I 1...o- ... ....'chased lor the reading room,, Miss IM-n Coe. ver ma.!.- a ,vpo, ilast mHit in whi!-h she -howpi' i)tin the last vear the librarv hashad; -!0 regular readersr.ianv t whonihave l.een cmioren. i hen- nave !n-i ii. ! nil i.Jimm.i. in tin. Iifr1200 volumes in the library and thetotalnumber of time, that allhave been citei k"d out ft he-alibrarv under therides of the iii.-ti i-tion. is Ifl.tM'O.During the preceding year therewere hut 10i!l readers and the looovolumes that the library po.-.esrd. v-' a total of I0.(.(,ul'...K.awo.. . i .... determine whether or not the efforts: to keep the institution alive would be; carrien further.and on hearing thetremendous increasein the u.-e ot thehbrarv. the detrrminat mi was sohJ toWASHINGTON GIVESWILSON RECEPTIONSpecial Di.-paU-h to The Tribune.; Washington. Nov. . Presidenti the White House were jammed unit'pedestrians were unable to pass,The President, Mrs. Wilson and aj party of friends, stood on the Whitej House steps and enjoyed the celebration. Mrs. Wilson was most pleasedwith the ovation to her husband, and! she laughed gleefully as the crovdj .shouted jokes about the w hiskers ofCharles Evans Hughes.i lhe President bowed and waved iii;hands to the crowd.si KS iS.LUU tvblr.ri-.KSFOR LOST Hl-SRA.L)Savannah, m., Nov. 16, Mrs. Lull'sSchreiner has brought suit against fivesaloonkeepers for $5000 each, cb.arfi.igthey made her husband a drunkardand so forced her to get a divowe.